To test your ability to come up with words in a certain family, try this exercise. Come up with 26 words (one for each letter of the alphabet) for each of the following categories. We have given you the first few to help you get started.

1. Animals (Ant, Bear, Cat, ....)
2. Jobs (Artist, Baker, ...)
3. Plants (Apple Tree, Bamboo, ...)

bom-bast

noun :: Cotton, or any soft, fibrous material, used as stuffing for garments; stuffing; padding.

noun :: High-sounding words; an inflated style; language above the dignity of the occasion.

adj. :: High-sounding; inflated; big without meaning.

"Ordinarily I am not given to long speeches, nor ever before had I descended to bombast, but I had guessed at the keynote which would strike an answering chord in the breasts of the green Martians, nor was I wrong, for my harangue evidently deeply impressed them, and their attitude toward me thereafter was still further respectful." -- Burroughs, Edgar Rice

A recent study published in the scientific journal "Neurology" suggests that eating more vegetables can slow down normal age related cognitive decline.

The study followed thousands of participants over a six-year period of time to see how dietary differences affect memory. The results suggest that cognitive decline slows by 40% for people who eat at least 2.8 servings of vegetables a day. Interestingly, older participants experienced the greatest benefit.

Of the different types of vegetables, green leafy vegetables, like spinach, had the largest effect. This may be due to the high amounts of Vitamin E that are contained in these kinds of vegetables. So do as your Mom said and, "Eat your vegetables!"